does any1 know if i buy the 8800 from cingular and bring it to canada hook it up with rogers is the internt and all that going to work?
any disadvantages other than warrenty?

Warranty is not an issue...Blackberry's warranty is good anywhere....everything will work on the phone

hold off for another few days

if you unlock it it should work 100% on rogers or any gsm network of your choice.
i have unlocked many BB's for people who use them in Canada

I disagree. Unless you have t-support and can call RIM, who is going to service the device?

The carrier you bought it from won't care because you are not on their network and Rogers won't care because it's not one of their device.

RIM Warranties the device. As far as I know, when your BB goes down, you contact RIM, they do troubleshooting with you, and if they can't get it up and running, they send you a new one within like 5 days (usually 3). Then when you recieve it, you ship your device back to them.

some guy at rogers told me id have to pay 200 dollars te relock the phone in order for the internet to work. Any truth to this?

I have used a few unlocked BlackBerry devices on Rogers Wireless and they work fine. You will be able to send and receive emails/pins as well as surf the web. Why would someone tell you that you need to pay $200.00 to relock a device for the internet to work? That's just absurd.

I'm using a Cingular Branded 8800 that is Unlocked on the Rogers Network.

No problems whatsoever. Everything works fine

Nooo, you can have a phone unlocked for measly $20-30 CDN via eBay. Anything more than $50 is crazy!!

Bought Cingular unlocked 7290 - worked great on Rogers Wireless (2 or 3 years ago).

Just recently bought Cingular unlocked 8800, and I know it will work great on Rogers. Can't wait to get it in couple of days! Whoo!

gps and all sweet thx

ditto...no problems, internet, gps, email, pin-to-pin, etc. works...just like any other unlocked blackberry.

got mine 2 wheres a cheap place to unlock? in surrey if possible

^$25

GSM PhoneSource - When Only The Best Will Do it's all done online remotely. Give him your IMEI, he emails you back with a code. You enter it and voila, you're done. There are people a bit cheaper, but Adam's been doing it the longest and thousands trust / know him!

Actually $19.00 if you use coupon "unlock" during checkout

That's a good deal!

still waitin on gsmsource to reply.... any1 know how long it usually takes? i sent the money around 1 today no reply yet :s

It varies, depending on Adam's schedule. One time (unlocking a Moto) I had to wait about 3 days for a response because he was out of town. He will get back to you as soon as he is able, and he does very good work.

thx adam worked great!! id reffer u 2 any of my friends

Codes are emailed around the same time every evening

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I purchased 2 Cingular 8800's used the unlock service from GSMphonesoure & everthing went well. I have also purchased unlocked phones from them.

I sent the 2 unlocked 8800's to family members in Canada & all they had to do was install their sim cards and the 8800's work perfectly.

They are a great company to do business with. I do NOT work for them, just a very satisfied customer.

Cheers...)